Myology Flashcards
What type of muscle are the striated muscles?
Voluntary muscles, i.e., face, leg, arm.
What type of muscle are the non striated muscles?
Involuntary muscles, i.e., intestines, stomach.
What type of muscle is the cardiac muscle?
Heart muscle, which is not found anywhere else in the body.
What is the main function of the muscular system?
To produce movement of the body.
What is a tendon?
A tendon is a tough, flexible band of dense connective tissue that serves to attach skeletal muscles to bones.
What does the flexion movement allow?
To bend the leg at the knee joint.
What does the extension movement allow?
To straighten the knee from a flexed position.
What does the adduction movement allow?
To draw fingers together.
What does the abduction movement allow?
To separate the fingers.
What does the rotation movement allow?
To move a bone around its longitudinal axis.
What does the pronation movement allow?
To turn the palm down.
What does the supination movement allow?
To turn the palm up.
What is the muscle that turn or bend the head?
Sternocleidomastoids.
What is an important chewing muscle?
The masseter.
What is the main muscle located on the shoulders?
Trapezius.
